[BroadHopper]

Fellow boaters from Florida, NC, Arizona and California experienced the same situation with outdrive swapping. It appears that boaters want to be back on the water quickly. Marinas will take off defective outdrive and replaced with a rebuilt one. The defective outdrive is rebuilt for the next customer. This keeps down time to a minimum. I'm not surprised if marinas in the Lakes Region do the same thing.

My experience with a Gilford marina was when a new motor valves were tuliped. The marina replace the engine with a rebuilt motor of same year and type. Mercury approved it as it was under warranty. If I was to request repairs, my summer will be shot. Mercury can give me a new engine but it will take 6 to 8 weeks for delivery. I opted for a rebuilt with full 5 year warrantee. I was back on the water that weekend. At least the marina informed me of the situation.